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Season Nine

Boeing 737-236/Advanced (CGI)

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Registration G-BGJL, c/n 22033/743 built in 1981. The subject of the episode, British Airtours Flight 28M experienced an engine failure and fire while taking off from Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) on 22 August 1985. The pilots aborted the takeoff and pulled off the runway while the fire produced poisonous smoke in the aircraft. 54 of the passengers died, mostly due to smoke inhalation.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. G-BGJL Boeing 737-236/Advanced River Orrin of British Airtours (CGI).

Boeing 737-236/Advanced

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Registration G-BGJL, c/n 22033/743 built in 1981. The subject of the episode, British Airtours Flight 28M experienced an engine failure and fire while taking off from Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) on 22 August 1985. The pilots aborted the takeoff and pulled off the runway while the fire produced poisonous smoke in the aircraft. 54 of the passengers died, mostly due to smoke inhalation.

Reg. G-BGJL Boeing 737-236/Advanced River Orrin of British Airtours.

Airbus A320

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
An A320 of Thomas Cook at the terminal, with a business jet in the background (CL-600?) At Manchester International Airport.

Airbus A320 of Thomas Cook Airlines.

Boeing 737-236

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)

Boeing 737-236 of British Airtours.

Boeing 747-237B (CGI)

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Registration VT-EFO, c/n 21473/330 built in 1978. Shown during a sequence of aviation incidents that occurred during 1985. Air India Flight 182, subject of episode 5.07.

Reg. VT-EFO Boeing 747-237B Emperor Kanishka of Air India (CGI).

Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 (CGI)

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Registration N726DA, c/n 1163 built in 1979. Shown during a sequence of aviation incidents that occurred during 1985. Delta Air Lines Flight 191, subject of episode 5.03.

Reg. N726DA Lockheed L-1011-385-1 Tristar 1 of Delta Air Lines (CGI).

Boeing 747SR-46 (CGI)

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Registration JA8119, c/n 20783/230 built in 1974. Shown during a sequence of aviation incidents that occurred during 1985. Japan Airlines Flight 123, subject of episode 3.04.

Reg. JA8119 Boeing 747SR-46 of JAL-Japan Airlines (CGI).

Various Aircraft

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
A view of the British Airtours plane from the Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) terminal, with several airliners in the foreground. Left to right: Boeing 737-200 of Orion Airways, Boeing 737-200 of Dan-Air London, BAC One-Eleven of Dan-Air London, registration G-BLKC c/n 23061 built in 1985 Boeing 737-3T5 of Orion Airways, and registration G-AVRL, c/n 19709/38 built in 1968 Boeing 737-204 of Britannia Airways.

Convair 880

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Looks like a Convair 880 with TWA's livery, but I can't find any record of such an incident.

Convair 880 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Used to test aircraft evacuation.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of British Airways.

Boeing 737-3B7 & Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
USAir Flight 1493 / SkyWest Flight 569, which collided on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX) on 1 February 1991. Subject of ep. 9.04.

Reg. N388US Boeing 737-3B7 of USAir and Reg. N683AV Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III of SkyWest Airlines.

Airbus A340-313X

Ep. 9.01 Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Registration F-GLZQ, c/n 289 built in 1999. Air France Flight 358 ran off the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ/CYYZ) on 2 August 2005. All passengers survived.

Reg. F-GLZQ Airbus A340-313X of Air France (CGI).

Reg. F-GLZQ Airbus A340-313X of Air France.

Airbus A320-111

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane
Reg. F-GFKC, c/n 009 built in 1988. Crashed during a low pass over Mulhouse–Habsheim Airport (LFGB) in 1988.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. F-GFKC Airbus A320-111 of Air France.

Some CGI shots too.

Reg. F-GFKC Airbus A320-111 of Air France.

Eurocopter MBB BO-105

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane
Tail fin of Air France's Airbus A320 behind the tree (registration F-GFKC, main subject of the episode).

Piper PA-18 Super Cub

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Douglas A-4M Skyhawk

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane
Brazil, Argentina or RNZAF ?

Airbus A300B4-203F

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Airbus A300B4-203F of DHL Aviation.

Airbus A310-300

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Boeing 767

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Boeing 737-300

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Douglas A-1 Skyraider

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Deperdussin Monocoque

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane
Reg. F-AZAR replica built by Salis in 1980 as a Deperdussin GB 1913 P.

American Toy ?

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Airbus A320-232

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Airbus A320-232 of China Southern Airlines.

Airbus A320-214

Ep 9.03 Pilot vs. Plane

Airbus A320-214 of US Airways.

Boeing 747-230B

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed
Registration HL7442, c/n 20559/186. Shot down by Soviets near Sakhalin islands on 1.9.83.

Reg.HL7442 Boeing 747-230B of Korean Air.

Cabin of Boeing 747-230B of Korean Air.

Boeing 747-131

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed

Boeing 747-131 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.

Airbus A340

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed

Airbus A340.

Antonov An-26

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed

Antonov An-26.

Boeing 737-7H4

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed
Registration N427WN, c/n 29831/1119.

Reg.N427WN Boeing 737-7H4 of Southwest Airlines.

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed

Reg.64-846 Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint of th US Air Force.

Boeing E-3 Sentry

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed
In the background, under the black radome.

Bell 412

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed

Bell 412.

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II of the USAF.

Boeing 757-200

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed
A Boeing 757 with its registration ending by UE; already seen in Ep. 5.08 Mixed Signals.

Unidentified Aircraft

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed
Probably the gun muzzle of a North American FJ-2 Fury (I don't think a soviet fighter has such one).

Unidentified Aircraft

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed
Mig 19 or Sukhoï Su 7 ?

ATR 42

Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed
The investigation's second life : a new start occured in 1993 at Paris (note the french flag along the wall). Perhaps an ATR model on the desk ?